December 12, 2002	Thursday	Shawwal 7, 1423

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Elite agency wants land, buildings from CDA ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The government has asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to give two of its blocks, a canteen and over 10 kanals located in the authority’s headquarters to an...		Overpayment of Rs5.7m in nursing home project found RAWALPINDI, Dec 11: An overpayment of Rs5.7 million to the contractors has been detected in the construction of the under-completion nursing home-cum-teaching complex at the Holy Family Hospital, an investigation report...
Punjab may withdraw BoG plan RAWALPINDI, Dec 11: The Punjab government is likely to withdraw the proposed plan of introduction of boards of governors in the educational institutions, it is learnt....		FGSH trainee doctors begin protest ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The trainee doctors of the Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) launched their protest on Wednesday to press for immediate increase in their stipends....
Violence against women to be eliminated: advisor ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Advisor to Prime Minister for Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar on Wednesday assured complete support to eliminate violence against women....		Nasir wants more funds for health ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Federal health minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Wednesday said education and health were pre requisite for overall development and stressed the need for diversion of more public funds...
Chinese troupe mesmerises audience ISLAMABAD, Dec. 11: It was a fabulous performance by the visiting Xinjiang Vaudeville and Dance Ensemble from the People’s Republic of China comprising enchanting musicals, mesmerising dances and breathtaking acrobatic displays...		PML-Q leader asks Mian Azhar to resign RAWALPINDI, Dec 11: The PML-Q central vice president, Syed Kabir Ali Wasti, has asked Mian Azhar to resign as the party’s president....
Rs800m to be spent on Pindi uplift: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: An amount of Rs800 million will be spent on the uplift of Rawalpindi city, the minister for information and media development, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, said here on Wednesday....		Jewellery show attracts visitors ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: A colourful exhibition of stylish jewellery, design glass and lamps was held at a local hotel in the capital on Wednesday....
Pervaiz ready for another meeting with Azhar LAHORE, Dec 11: The Punjab Chief Minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, said on Wednesday that he was willing to meet Mian Muhammad Azhar again to iron out differences, as the PML-Q president...		Visa rules relaxation for Afghans sought QUETTA, Dec 11: The participants of a conference on Tuesday unanimously demanded that the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan should release each other’s citizens languishing in their jails because of minor...
Defunct bank’s chief granted bail ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to chairman of the defunct Indus Bank, Khurshid Sohail, on furnishing of bail bonds worth Rs5 million....		PML-Q rift a boon for Chaudhrys ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: A rift raging in the PML-Q could only be a moral pique for Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s fledgling government but will tighten the hold of powerful Chaudhries...
Reduction in gas price being worked out KARAK, Dec 11: The government is working on a plan to reduce gas prices as per directives of the prime minister, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Petroleum Minister Norez Shakoor told Dawn....		Need to conserve energy stressed ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The National Energy Conservation Policy will be formulated after a broad-based national consultative process involving all the stakeholders....
PFUJ gets IFJ membership ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has given full membership of its executive committee to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), says a message sent by the...		Act amended ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The president on Wednesday amended the Civil Servants Act 1973, empowering the Federal Public Service Commission to “test” any person who was appointed on any post without following...
N. Areas jolted ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The Northern Areas on Monday received two severe jolts, which measured 5.5 on the Richter scale....		Mill offering low price for sugarcane NAWABSHAH, Dec 11: Despite the fact that the government has fixed the price of sugarcane at Rs43 per 40kg, the Habib Sugar Mills is offering Rs36 per 40kg....
Growers complain of water shortage MIRPURKHAS, Dec 11: The local growers on Wednesday complained that their grievances, regarding water distribution and water theft in the Nara Canal command area, were not being redressed after the waterway...		Sewerage system of Dadu collapses DADU, Dec 11: The sewerage system of the Dadu town collapsed on Wednesday as the overflowing drains flooded the roads with sewage....
‘Judiciary can help prevent HR violations’ KHAIRPUR, Dec 11: The district Nazim, Nafisa Shah, has said the judiciary can play an important role in preventing the violation of human rights....		Fire renders 500 phones inoperative DADU, Dec 11: Over 500 telephones, including that of the DCO, EDO (revenue), and the DPO, were rendered inoperative on Wednesday after cables of the digital telephone system of Dadu town...
14 injured as coaster overturns MITHI, Dec 11: At least 14 persons were injured after a Mithi-bound passenger coaster overturned near the Sainsar village on the Mithi-Maokot road on Wednesday....		Five tobacco purchasing centres closed down SWABI, Dec 11: The two tobacco companies — Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) and Lakson Tobacco Company (LTC) — have closed down five purchasing centres in the tobacco cultivating areas of the...
EU team visits quake-hit areas GILGIT, Dec 11: A team of the European Union (EU) led by a Pakistani official visited the quake-hit areas here on Wednesday....		Fata growers ordered to eradicate poppy crop KOHAT, Dec 11: The political authorities in the tribal belt along the western borders of the country have given farmers 10 days to destroy the poppy crop or troops will destroy...
Rs2m donated to kidney centre PESHAWAR, Dec 11: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has donated Rs2 million for the treatment of 10 deserving patients to the chairman of the Ittefaq Trading Company, an official handout...		Dilip Kumar turns 80 PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Exactly 80 years ago, the guru of Indian films, Yousaf Khan (Dilip Kumar), was born in the home of a fruit merchant, Ghulam Sarwar, in Dooma Gali, Mohalla...
MPA vows to resolve women’s issues MANSEHRA, Dec 11: A Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao Group) MPA from Mansehra, Ghazala Habib Tanoli, has vowed to pay special attention towards solving the problems of the women of her constituency...		MMA to face Sherpao on NA-34 TIMERGARA,  Dec 11: The election campaign is getting  momentum in  Lower  Dir as the day of by-election is closing in and  a tough one-to- one contest between Mulana Ahmad Ghafoor Ghawas...
JI to monitor ministers’ performance PESHAWAR, Dec 11: The Jamaat-i-Islami has constituted a parliamentary affairs committee to monitor performance of ministers, plan new projects and evolve guidelines for the NWFP government....		Five judges appointed GILGIT, Dec 11: The chairman of the Northern Areas Chief Court has appointed five civil judges to subordinate courts in the five districts of the region on an ad hoc basis....
Each MPA to get Rs10m, recommend people for jobs LAHORE, Dec 11: The Punjab government will give Rs10 million to every MPA for development activities in his constituency....		JAC cancels sit-in on Pervaiz’s talks offer LAHORE, Dec 11: Students, teachers, doctors and political workers on Wednesday held demonstration at Charing Cross on The Mall to protest against the constitution of boards of governors in educational institutions...
88-paisa cut in power tariff possible LAHORE, Dec 11: The 12-paisa reduction in power tariff, though a welcome relief for the common man, has failed to satisfy experts, according to whom, the government could have provided a...		Sibtain gets MMA ticket for Senate LAHORE, Dec 11: The central parliamentary board of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has issued the Senate ticket on the general seat from Punjab to Allama Sibtain Kazmi....
NICFC’s ex-MD indicted LAHORE, Dec 11: An accountability court on Wednesday indicted Chaudhry Abdul Majid, the former managing director of the NICFC, in the sixth reference against him....		Provincial laws to be available on the net LAHORE, Dec 11: All provincial laws will be available on the Internet as the Punjab government is launching a website for the purpose....
Investigation centres relocated, says DPO LAHORE, Dec 11: The newly appointed DPO decided to relocate all investigation centres at his first meeting with SSPs and SPs on Wednesday....		‘Natural allies’ of the establishment MULTAN, Dec 11: The recovery PPP staged in south Punjab in the October-10 election, securing 16 National Assembly seats against none in 1997, has been eclipsed by the wholesale defection....
Manoeuvring for bypoll tickets GUJRAT, Dec 11: Political groups and individuals have started manoeuvring to get tickets for contesting election to vacant provincial assembly seats PP-110 and PP-112 after the announcement of schedule by the...		‘Killer’ of PPP leader arrested GUJRANWALA, Dec 11: The Sabzi Mandi police claimed on Wednesday the arrest of the killer of city PPP president from Kohat....
Two linemen caught stealing transformer SAHIWAL, Dec 11: Chichawatni Sadar police on Wednesday arrested two Wapda linemen on charges of stealing transformers and wire....		Wanted man dies in crossfire SIALKOT, Dec 11: An alleged proclaimed offender was shot dead in an exchange of fire with the residents of Jhaaranwala village, Satrah, late on Tuesday night....
Farmer kills brother’s wife SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 11: A farmer strangled the wife ofhis younger brother over a petty issue in Darbar Road locality of Shahkot town, some 56 km from here, on Wednesday....		NA-187 aspirant files papers BAHAWALPUR, Dec 11: Only one candidate filed nomination papers on Wednesday for the by-election on NA-187 (Bahawalpur-V)....
Ex-postmaster shot dead GUJRAT, Dec 11: A former postmaster was shot dead by two masked men on Wednesday near the Servis Morr in the limits of Civil Lines police station....		PP-103 byelection schedule GUJRANWALA, Dec 11: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the byelection schedule for the provincial assembly seat PP-103, Wazirabad....